Perissomyrmex

Perissomyrmex
Perissomyrmex snyderi worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Perissomyrmex
Smith, 1947
Type species
Perissomyrmex snyderi
Smith, 1947
Diversity[1]
6 species

Perissomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] It is known from the Neotropical and Oriental regions.[3]

The genus was first described in 1947 from two workers discovered in Hoboken plant quarantine in New Jersey, United States. The ants were found in the root of a Begonia plant that had been shipped from Guatemala.[4] Due to the genus' close affinities to the exclusively Old World genus Pristomyrmex, it was thought that the ants had been brought to the US via Guatemala from the Oriental or the Indo-Australian region. However, with the later rediscovery of Perissomyrmex in Central America, the disjunct distribution could be confirmed.[3]

Species

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Perissomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Perissomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Ogata, K.; Okido, H. (2007). "Revision of the ant genus Perissomyrmex with notes on the phylogeny of the tribe Myrmecinini.". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 80: 352–369.
  4. ↑ Zhou, S.-Y.; Huang, J.-H. (2006). "Two new species of the ant genus Perissomyrmex Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China.". Entomological News. 117: 189–196. doi:10.3157/0013-872x(2006)117[189:tnsota]2.0.co;2.


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